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Plumwood Lane in Cashmere and there wasn’t any information on the library website. Because of how close it is to Fineran Lane I suspect that it was part of the property that belonged to the Fineran family. Where I searched Papers Past about Charles Fineran there were several mentions of the plum trees on their …

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Oakview Lane in Cashmere and nothing on the library website. This street would have been named because of a view of an oak tree or there was a market garden here with that name. The houses here were mostly built in the 1990s.

Maurice Knowles Lane in Cashmere – Named after Maurice William Knowles (1918- 2004). The property had been owned by the Knowles family for over eighty years before being subdivided by James Lloyd Developments Ltd. A member of the family asked that the street be named after her father to recognise his long association with the …

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Herbs Place in Cashmere – formerly Herbs Lane. Named after Herbert Francis Arnold Anthony (1907-1984). Anthony was a glazier who also owned a market garden there. Des Petherbridge bought the land and sub-divided it, forming the lane. First appears in street directories in 1991 as Herbs Lane and becomes Herbs Place post-1997. A reasonable of …

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Fineran Lane in Cashmere and it isn’t on the library website. Only 9 houses here which were built in 1990s and 2000s. The street will have been named after the Fineran family who grew fruit and tomatoes on Bowenvale Ave. There was a father and son on the property and they were both Charles John …

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Dalefield Drive in Cashmere and it isn’t on the library website. There were a few mentions on Papers Past and it looks like it was a new street in 1978. By special order that the underwidth road to be known as Dalefield Drive is a summary of the article. Most houses were built in the …

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Torvill and Dean Lane in Cashmere – Named after Jayne Torvill (1957-) and Christopher Dean (1958-).Torvill and Dean were famed for their ice dancing, winning a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Developed on the former site of Ice Rinks Christchurch Ltd., 12 Centaurus Road, Cashmere. First appears in street directories in 1991. A …

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Waltham Road in Sydenham – Formerly Gasworks Road. Named because the Gasworks were there. Also Langdown Street. Re-named Waltham Road. Named, as the suburb is named, after Waltham House, a large house on Colombo Road belonging to Charles Prince.Gasworks Road is first mentioned in the Star in 1871 and appears on an 1879 map. Waltham …

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Watsons Rd in Harewood – formerly Watson’s Road. Named after George Watson (1837-1912). Watson, a farmer, is first listed in electoral rolls in the Styx catchment in 1878-1879 and is described as having a leasehold on Rural Section 57 on the south side of Harewood Road. He later owned land on its north side. He …

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Whitchurch Place in Harewood – Named because it runs behind St James Anglican Church in Harewood Road. Named in 1970. [Boeing Place was another name suggested because of the street’s proximity to Christchurch Airport.] A small amount of information from the library website. Very little information on Papers Past. Mentioned as a new street in …

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